Description:
Join the dynamic team at Agrimark Operations Ltd, a growth-focused business and subsidiary of KAL Group Ltd, which is proudly listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Spanning over 100 locations across South Africa and a growing ecommerce presence, Agrimark Operations Ltd with its retail branches and specialist brands offer high-quality farming supplies, solutions, and a broad range of retail products to a diverse customer base that share the same love of the land, sense of community, and can-do attitude.Job Specification
The incumbent will be responsible for overseeing the finance and admin function for the Agrimark Northern Cape Region, providing ad hoc decision support to senior management, driving efficiencies and system improvements, and providing timely and accurate reporting and service to stakeholders within the business.
Minimum Requirements
- B Degree (BCom or CIMA)
- 4 years related experience
- Advanced Excel, Word, and PowerPoint knowledge
- NB: Your own transport is an inherent requirement
Key performance indicators
The GOLD business imperatives displayed below are to be used as key indicators in sourcing competent candidates for this critical role.
Growth
- Analyse and report financial performance against performance targets
- Compile monthly reports
- Coordinate annual branch & capital budget
- Control financial feasibility studies and cost analysis for new proposals, projects, and infrastructure
- Strategic support to Regional Manager, branches, and other stakeholders
Optimisation
- Ensure branch controls are implemented in line with company policy
- Optimize utilization of Agrimark networks
- Provide sound advice to internal clients on applications and systems
- Manage and assist with the annual external audit
- Quality orientation and assurance
- Ensure stock counts are done in accordance with policy and ensure all variances are reported accurately
- Report on functional information
- Drive the collection of and reporting on functional business information
- Administration and ad hoc functions
Leveraging Culture & Diversity
- Maintain good internal stakeholder relations
- Plan and organize your own work for efficiency
Digital Transformation
- Assist/train/upskill branch staff on financial systems, policies & procedures
- Ensure risk management, governance, and legal compliance
- Initiate continuous improvement (Innovation)
- Perform continuous evaluation of branch controls, remotely and on site
Key leadership attributes
The incumbent would need to have t he ability to progress and add continuous incremental value – having impact!
- Dealing with complexity
- Sound pragmatic discernment/judgement
- Self - awareness
- Strategic focus & insight
- Decision making/Problem solving.
- Business acumen
- Achievement/ performance orientation
As part of the KAL Group Ltd – a diversified JSE-listed retail group that operates in agricultural retail, fuel & convenience, and manufacturing markets – you will join a group of companies with more than 270 operating units across South Africa and Namibia.
You will have an opportunity to grow your career and thrive in an accelerating performance environment that values resilience and customer service, and embraces communication, alignment, and relationships. We are committed to providing our employees with opportunities within the KAL Group Ltd to take on new challenges.
If this excites you, learn more about Agrimark Operations Ltd and KAL Group Ltd here: www.kalgroup.co.za/careers/life-at-kal-group
Candidates who are not contacted within 14 working days of the closing date can accept that their application was unsuccessful. Agrimark Operations Ltd applies the principles of equal employment in line with our company’s Employment Equity objectives. Please note that in order to consider your application or interest, KAL Group Ltd will have to process your personal information and that such processing will be subject to the KAL Group HR Processing notice which can be accessed by viewing it on the KAL Group Ltd website under the following hyperlink: https://www.kalgroup.co.za/legal/
Requirements:
- B Degree (BCom or CIMA)
- 4 years related experience
- Advanced Excel, Word, and PowerPoint knowledge
- NB: Your own transport is an inherent requirement
- Analyse and report financial performance against performance targets
- Compile monthly reports
- Coordinate annual branch & capital budget
- Control financial feasibility studies and cost analysis for new proposals, projects, and infrastructure
- Strategic support to Regional Manager, branches, and other stakeholders
- Ensure branch controls are implemented in line with company policy
- Optimize utilization of Agrimark networks
- Provide sound advice to internal clients on applications and systems
- Manage and assist with the annual external audit
- Quality orientation and assurance
- Ensure stock counts are done in accordance with policy and ensure all variances are reported accurately
- Report on functional information
- Drive the collection of and reporting on functional business information
- Administration and ad hoc functions
- Maintain good internal stakeholder relations
- Plan and organize your own work for efficiency
- Assist/train/upskill branch staff on financial systems, policies & procedures
- Ensure risk management, governance, and legal compliance
- Initiate continuous improvement (Innovation)
- Perform continuous evaluation of branch controls, remotely and on site
- Dealing with complexity
- Sound pragmatic discernment/judgement
- Self - awareness
- Strategic focus & insight
- Decision making/Problem solving.
- Business acumen
- Achievement/ performance orientation